Enfranchising Convicted Felons: Current Research on Opinions Towards Felon Voting Rights

Dawson‐Edwards, Cherie

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“…Pinaire and associates (2003), for example, found that while most respondents did not support permanent felony disenfranchisement, a majority did support laws that temporarily barred ex-prisoners from voting following their release from incarceration. Furthermore, this research reveals broader public support for disenfranchisement laws levied against individuals convicted of certain crimes such as violent offenders and sexual predators (Dawson-Edwards, 2008;Heumann et al, 2005;Pinaire et al, 2003), which suggests that support for these policies is grounded largely in retributive values.…”

Section: Value Conflict and Public Opinionmentioning

confidence: 82%

Value Conflict and Public Opinion Toward Prisoner Reentry Initiatives

Garland

Wodahl

Schuhmann

2011

Criminal Justice Policy Review

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The dramatic growth in the incarceration rate since the mid-1970s has unintentionally resulted in massive numbers of people being released from prison each year. Consequently, prisoner reentry initiatives are receiving greater attention than ever before. At this point few studies have looked at public support for reentry initiatives, and the existing ones have taken a rather general and atheoretical approach. The current study explores public opinion toward a wide range of reentry policies and practices through a value conflict framework. Results from a randomly selected, statewide sample in Missouri indicate that people take into account such values as social welfare, retribution, and self-interest when assessing their support for reentry measures. As reentry initiatives may struggle to attain legitimacy and resources without public support, a number of policy implications are discussed. These implications include informing the public of the need for servicing those with prior prison terms and communicating the value of housing assistance during reentry.

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Section: Value Conflict and Public Opinionmentioning

confidence: 82%

Value Conflict and Public Opinion Toward Prisoner Reentry Initiatives

Garland

Wodahl

Schuhmann

2011

Criminal Justice Policy Review

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“…Despite an abundance of scholarship on the design, implementation and institutionalization, and effects of restrictions on the political rights of felons, there are few studies of public attitudes about their political rights in the United States (Dawson-Edwards 2008; Dawson-Edwards and Higgins, 2013; Manza et al, 2004; Manza and Uggen, 2006; Pinaire et al, 2003). The extant studies with nationally representative samples focus exclusively on voting rights for felons and primarily report descriptive statistics.…”

Section: Attitudes Toward Felon Rights and Votingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Our work builds on findings from survey-based research on support for the political rights of felons and variations in support by race (Dawson-Edwards 2008; Dawson-Edwards and Higgins, 2013; Manza et al, 2004; Pinaire et al, 2003) as well as a felon’s status (e.g., on probation or parole) and criminal background (Manza et al, 2004). It also leverages scholarship on the social and political psychology of racial attitudes and their punitive effects on criminal justice issues (Bobo and Johnson, 2004; Hurwitz and Peffley, 2005; Johnson 2008, 2009; Peffley and Hurwitz 2010).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…However, rather than an expansion of rights, persons with felony convictions tend to face a contraction of their civil liberties and freedoms (Holloway 2014; Keyssar 2009). These restrictions are known as the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction, which include the legal sanctions and restrictions imposed upon people because of their criminal record (Dawson-Edwards 2008; Heumann et al, 2005; Uggen and Manza, 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It also leverages scholarship on the social and political psychology of racial attitudes and their punitive effects on criminal justice issues (Bobo and Johnson, 2004; Hurwitz and Peffley, 2005; Johnson 2008, 2009; Peffley and Hurwitz 2010). We use survey data from a nationally representative sample of adults in the United States, thereby addressing the need for more generalizable studies of public opinion about felon rights (Dawson-Edwards 2008; Pinaire et al, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

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How Racial Attitudes and Ideology Affect Political Rights for Felons

2015

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This research examines the extent to which negative attitudes toward African Americans influence public reactions to restoring political rights to felons. We argue that race-neutral policies, such as felon disenfranchisement laws, are non-separable from racial considerations, as images of criminals and felons are typically associated with Blacks. Such attitudes produce collateral consequences for felons, hampering the restoration of their full political rights and, ultimately, their citizenship. Predispositions, such as racial attitudes and political ideology, provide both racial and nonracial justifications for supporting these laws, yet, there are no empirical accounts of their relational effects on opinion toward felons’ rights. Using nationally representative survey data, we find that racialized resentment and ideology exert the most influence on the reactions to policies seeking political rights for felons as well as beliefs about the value of doing so. Consistent with much of the literature on attitudes toward ameliorative racial policies, higher levels of racial resentment strongly predict lower support for felons’ political rights among both conservatives and liberals, yet, racial resentment is most influential among liberals. Conservatives exhibit the highest levels of racial resentment, but its impact is depressed more by agreement on both racial attitudes and opposition to political rights of felons.

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They’re just different: the bifurcation of public attitudes toward felon-jurors convicted of violent offenses

Binnall

Petersen

2020

Crime Law Soc Change

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Enfranchising Convicted Felons: Current Research on Opinions Towards Felon Voting Rights

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

Value Conflict and Public Opinion Toward Prisoner Reentry Initiatives

Value Conflict and Public Opinion Toward Prisoner Reentry Initiatives

How Racial Attitudes and Ideology Affect Political Rights for Felons

They’re just different: the bifurcation of public attitudes toward felon-jurors convicted of violent offenses

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